National Park Foundation’s preservation of King family home to fulfill Coretta Scott-King’s wish, add insight to MLK legacy

Now, the King childhood home and family home will be maintained by National Park Service The Vine City home where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. raised his family with Coretta Scott King will be made accessible to the public for the first time as part of Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, a part of the National Park System. (Katie Bricker / National Park Foundation) The National Park Foundation, the National Park Service, and King family announced yesterday that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s home on Sunset Avenue in the historic Vine City neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, will be made accessible to the public for the first time as part of Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, a part of the National Park System. According to Dr. Bernice A. King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., who spoke on behalf of the King family, the addition of the home helps to tell a more complete story about the King family’s experiences and contributions to our nation’s history. “We realized as a family that in order for my family’s legacy to continue, that it takes numerous people to take part in it,” King said in a press call. “We… Read full this story

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